This idea is insane, racial differences is one of the cornerstones of all TES games. But in competitive multiplayer game like this, they need to be better balanced, as well as truer to the lore. Some of the racials don't represent the lore at all.. *cough* imperial..

If you want "total balance," chess still exists.

Or... perhaps checkers.

At the moment, 86% say NO.

Veredict: In the community desire, the racial stay with us!!!

Suggested: Maybe a little adjustment needed in some cases

I agree with the folks who pointed out what a pain this must be for the developers - no matter what they do - there will be folks who whine about it.

I like the racial differences - although some of them are really weird in this game and just don't make sense to me. But I suppose they don't really have to. I play characters, not stats.

Just more of the carebear, hand holding 'I want to play this, but be the same as that' mentality as the basis for this poll.

Lord_Kreegan wrote: »

I suspect the only people who care about this are the PvP-elitists...

...and since PvP is such a joke, why care?

Pretty ignorant aren't we?

Passives make the races unique outside of their appearance.

Please let them work on new content and additions to the game instead of rehashing the same stuff.

I would like to see them less powerful, more balanced, and more situational.

Bonuses like +10% max Health or +6% Fire Damage that are great in any combat situation are too strong, in my opinion.

More small, unique bonuses that don't necessarily have an impact on combat (like slightly increased swim speed for example) would be nice, too.

One of the things that has cracked me up about gaming, since I started back in the early 90s with MUDS, is that people can't stand the idea that they arn't the best. Whenever someone dies in a pvp based environment, it is pretty much human nature to say "It's because their class/race/gear/whatever is OP, bla bla bla". It is far less common for people to simply admit that someone could have been better, or luckier at a given point. And then come the rush of "nerf this, nerf that, rise of this, rise of that" posts. Are there some things that could use a little bit of adjustment? Perhaps. I mean, they finally did adjust Bats which is nice. Bats was terrible. Nothing I've seen around right now is as bad as Bats was.

I am a fan of the racials, since they provide for unique builds. If I wanted to just do homogeneous pvp, I'd go play FPS. I like the variety that ESO is providing with racial, class, gear, and CP trees. I run a very different gear setup than most, and focus on max stam rather than weapon power for my dps. Is it optimal? Most would say no, but I have plenty of burst and due to the set i use some nice advantages. There is a lot of variety in ESO which I enjoy. Is every build the best at everything? No. But there are plenty of viable and unique builds which I rather like.

I've played Argonian, Redguard, and Imperial now. And I've enjoyed all three, and tailored different gear and play style tweaks to make the most out of each. Argonian could use a little boost, but I've pondered going back to my Redguard from my Imperial, even though many area crying about Imperials these days.

At the end of the day, I see people succeeding and being in the top leader boards, without whatever the "top dog" whatever is. The #3 place leaderboard character for Azura EP is an Argonian Magika based Templar. From everything I've read in this forum, they shouldn't be able to kill a flea with that though right? My thoughts? Play what you want, and learn how to play it well. If you suck with it, you'd still suck with something "better". L2P.

no but they need some tweaking

Heromofo wrote: »

Personally i believe they should there should be total balance.
People should choose the race they like without worrying about best stats for there build.
So lets see who else agrees make sure to leave a comment below as to why you agree/disagree.


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I voted NO, simply because sole idea of removing racial passives is absurd. As removing racial actives wasn't enough?
Racial pros and contras are probably what made you play your main race. They are an essential part of EVERY RPG game, and especially an Elder Scrolls one.

Having Racial passives / Meaning in their choice, is one of the good aspects of the game. One that too few mmo's have the courage to even attempt.

Removing them would be one step closer to failure. I for one don't want things dumbed down to appease balance. They should tweak and adjust when required sure but never remove them for the sake of being lazy.

The value that they add to character personalisation and to the already stated lore, is irreplaceable.